The Convict and Other Stories
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ISBN: 1416599258 / Publisher: Pocket Books, March 2009
A republication of a dozen short works by the two-time Edgar Award-winning author of Swan Peak is set in the Gulf Coast region of Louisiana and evaluates such themes as domestic abuse, sex, and war. Reprint.
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One of the country’s most-acclaimed and popular novelists offers a selection of a dozen short stories set in James Lee Burke’s most beloved milieu, the Deep South.“America’s best novelist” (The Denver Post), two-time Edgar Award winner James Lee Burke is renowned for his lush, suspense-charged portrayals of the Deep South—the people, the crime, the hope and despair infused in the bayou landscape. This stunning anthology takes us back to where Burke's heart and soul beat—the steamy, seamy Gulf Coast—in complex and fascinating tales that crackle with violence and menace, meshing his flair for gripping storytelling with his urbane writing style.
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